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Ties That Bind (Madison Knight, #1)
Carolyn Arnold

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
Lensey Namioka

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Tiffany Girl
Deeanne Gist

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

Tigana
Guy Gavriel Kay

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Tiger Eyes
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Tiger Lily
Jodi Lynn Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Tigerman
Nick Harkaway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2014

Tiger's Curse
Colleen Houck

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Tiger's Destiny
Colleen Houck

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Tiger's Voyage
Colleen Houck

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2011

Tiger, Tiger
Margaux Fragoso

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2011

Tiger Woods
Jeff Benedict

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

Tight
Torrey Maldonado

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Tightrope
Sheryl WuDunn, Nicholas D. Kristof

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

Tightrope (Burning Cove, #3)
Amanda Quick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Tik-Tok
John Sladek

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1983

Till Summer Do Us Part
Meghan Quinn

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2025

Till We Have Faces
C. S. Lewis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1956

Tilt-a-Whirl (John Ceepak Mystery, #1)
Chris Grabenstein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2005

Timaeus
Plato

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 361

Time After Time
Lisa Grunwald

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Time and Again
Jack Finney

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1970

Time Bomb
Joelle Charbonneau

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1990

Timebound
Rysa Walker

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2012

Time Enough for Love
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1973

Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Time for the Stars
Robert A. Heinlein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1956

Timekeeper (Timekeeper, #1)
Tara Sim

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Timeless
Gail Carriger

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Timeline
Michael Crichton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1999

Time Must Have a Stop
Aldous Huxley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1944

Time of the Twins
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1986

Time Out of Joint
Philip K. Dick

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Time Pimp
Garrett Cook

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2010

Timequake
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1997

Time's Arrow
Martin Amis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1991

Timescape
Gregory Benford

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1980

Time's Convert (All Souls, #4)
Deborah Harkness

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Time Shelter
Georgi Gospodinov

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2020

Time Stops for No Mouse
Michael Hoeye

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2000

Time Without Number
Daniel Berrigan

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1957

Timid
Devney Perry

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Timon of Athens
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1607

Timothy of the Cay (The Cay, #2)
Theodore Taylor

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1993

Tinderbox
Robert W. Fieseler

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2018

Tinderbox (Flashpoint, #1)
Rachel Grant

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Tinfoil Butterfly
Rachel Eve Moulton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Tinkers
Paul Harding

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John le Carré

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1974

Tin Man
Sarah Winman

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

Tintern Abbey: Ode to Duty; Ode On Intimations of Immortality; the Happy Warrior; Resolution and Independence; and On the Power of Sound
William Wordsworth

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1798

Tintin in America (Tintin #3 )
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (Tintin #1)
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930

Tintin in Tibet (Tintin #20)
Hergé

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1959

Tiny Alice
Edward Albee

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1964

Tiny Habits
BJ Fogg PhD

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
B. J. Fogg

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2019

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
Christie Watson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2011

Tipping the Velvet
Sarah Waters

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998

Tirant lo Blanc
Joanot Martorell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1490

Tirra Lirra by the River
Jessica Anderson

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1978

T is for Trespass
Sue Grafton

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2007

Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
Robert Specht

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 1976

Tis the Season for Revenge
Morgan Elizabeth

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2022

Titan (Gaea, #1)
John Varley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1979

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
Deborah Hopkinson

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow

Nonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 1998

Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales, #1)
Holly Black

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2002

Tithonus
Alfred Tennyson

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1860

Tituba of Salem Village
Ann Petry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

Titus: A Comrade of the Cross
Florence Morse Kingsley

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1894

Titus Andronicus
William Shakespeare

Fiction | Play | Adult | Published in 1594

Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
Rupert Degas, Mervyn Peake

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1946

Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Jorge Luis Borges

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1940

To a God Unknown
John Steinbeck

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1933

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | YA

To a Mountain in Tibet
Colin Thubron

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

To A Waterfowl
William Cullen Bryant

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 2006

Tobacco Road
Erskine Caldwell

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1932

Toba Tek Singh: Stories
Saadat Hasan Manto

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 2008

To Be a Machine : Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
Mark O'Connell

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017

To Be a Slave
Julius Lester

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

Tobermory
Saki

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1911

To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Becky Chambers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2019

Toby's Room
Pat Barker

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2012

Toby Tyler: Or Ten Weeks With a Circus
James Otis

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1880

To Capture What We Cannot Keep
Beatrice Colin

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

Tocqueville
Khaled Mattawa

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2010

To Da-Duh, In Memoriam
Paule Marshall

Fiction | Short Story | Adult | Published in 1967

Today Tonight Tomorrow
Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2016

To Die For (The 6:20 Man, #3)
David Baldacci

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

To End All Wars
Adam Hochschild

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2011

Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
Vivek Murthy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2020

To Green Angel Tower
Tad Williams

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1993

To Have And Have Not
Ernest Hemingway

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1937

To Have and to Hold
Jane Green

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2002

To Have and to Hold: A Tale of Providence and Perseverance in Colonial Jamestown
Mary Johnston

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1899

To Hell and Back
Audie Murphy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1949